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Sizing Up the Waterparks

One of the most common questions fielded by the Wisconsin Dells visitor bureau staff is “Which waterpark would you recommend for my (fill in age of child)?”

It’s a valid query, given the hefty list of waterparks in the Dells, each with its own unique mix of slides, rides, wave pools, lazy rivers and splash pads to consider.

So here’s the handy-dandy reference guide the bureau staff uses, with waterparks conveniently listed with notations indicating indoor or outdoor.

ALAKAI HOTEL & SUITESTODDLERS AND GRADE-SCHOOLERSYoung guests love the indoor Hawaiian Village water play area with splash, squirt and slide features and the outdoor waterpark with slides and rainmakers.

CHULA VISTA RESORTPerched on a bluff overlooking the Wisconsin River, this resort offers 200,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor waterparks.TODDLERS AND GRADE-SCHOOLERS

INDOOR - Incatinka Kiddie Play Area This oversized wading pool is specifically designed with the littlest guests in mind. It includes gentle features like mini water geysers, tiny tipping buckets and spouts, two different size baby slides, and fun water guns.

OUTDOOR - Kiddie River Six inches of water in a winding river with geysers and sprockets provide a nice haven for the little ones.

TWEENS AND TEENS

INDOOR - Flyan Mayan Uphill Water Roller Coaster Zip through the waterpark with a bird’s eye view on the world’s fastest and longest uphill indoor water roller coaster.

INDOOR - Howlin’ Tornado Hands down the most thrilling ride at Great Wolf Lodge. This four person tube rides sends riders swirling 30 feet up the sides of a six-story funnet before being deposited in a splash landing.

OUTDOOR - Mountain Edge Raceway Here’s a chance to challenge family members to some fierce but friendly competition with riders launching headfirst down this four-story ride with four side-by-side mat racer slides.

INDOOR - Tiko’s Watering Hole This 5,000 square foot kids’ play area has a 200-foot-long lazy river made just for little ones.

OUTDOOR - Splashdown Safari This interactive play fort for kids has slides, obstacles and a large tipping bucket.

TWEENS AND TEENS

INDOOR - Flowrider Imagine 50,000 gallons of water each minute flowing under you to create a five-foot, ocean-like wave as you test your boogie boarding skills.

OUTDOOR - Switchback Canyon This area of the indoor waterpark is for waterslide extremists, with the trapdoor Screaming Hyena slide actually rising through the roof to give riders a 60-foot near-vertical plunge at up to 25 mph, and the Sahara Sidewinders being the nation’s only indoor looping watersides.

MEADOWBROOK RESORTTODDLERS AND GRADE-SCHOOLERSReminiscent of a national park lodge, the indoor Baby Bear’s Bubbling Brook water play area has slides and spray features just for the little ones.

NOAH’S ARK WATERPARKThis is the countrys largest outdoor waterpark coming in at 70 sprawling acres and more than 50 watersides. TODDLERS AND GRADE-SCHOOLERS

INDOOR - Tadpole Bay Think of this as big thrills for little squirts. There’s an eight-foot dump bucket, four kiddie waterslides and more than 50 different swings and dancing springs, plus maximum visibility for parents looking after their littles ones.

OUTDOOR - Big Kahuna Kiddie Area Billed as a waterpark within a waterpark designed just for kiddies; it’s ringed with beach chairs so mom and dad can have great view of the playground.

TWEENS AND TEENS

INDOOR - Scorpion’s Tail Ten stories high and 400 feet long with an initial drop that sends riders plummeting at more than 50 feet per second, this trapdoor ridde is America’s first nearly vertical waterslide loop.

OUTDOOR - Black Anaconda Coming in at over a quarter-mile long, this water coaster sends riders spiraling down at 30 mph with rushing waters pushing you up six inches along the way.

i have two BOYS, ages 11 & 13......would need something to keep them excited

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